Nanning Urban Environment

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The development objective of the Nanning Urban Environment Project for China is to assist Nanning municipality, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, in arresting further deterioration of surface water quality in selected urban centers by expanding the coverage of wastewater treatment services, carrying out environmental rehabilitation of rivers, and improving the institutional and regulatory capacities of the municipal agencies. There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is wastewater management. This component include: (a) expanding the treatment capacity of the existing Jiangnan wastewater treatment plant from 240,000m/day to 480,000 m/day to reduce the discharge of untreated sewage into the Yongjiang river; and (b) establishing wastewater treatment facilities in the Counties of Wuming, Binyang, Hengxian, Shanglin, and Mashan, including: the rehabilitation and/or installation of primary and secondary sewers; installation of sewage lift pump stations; and construction of wastewater treatment plants. The second component of the project is river rehabilitation. This component improve storm water drainage capacity and the environment of the Fenghuang river, Liangqing river and Lengtang river through various river improvement measures, including cleaning-up river courses, restoring detention ponds, enhancing embankments, and providing sewer interceptors. The third component of the project is technical assistance. This component include: (a) establish an integrated mini river basin management system for a section of the Yongjiang river basin within the Nanning municipality; and (b) strengthen the project management capability of Nanning project management office and the project companies through provision of technical assistance, training, and study tours.